Railway-car.



N. G. VOSLER.

RAILWAY CAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2,1911.

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RAILWAY CAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2,1911.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

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To 'all whom z't may concern a Be it known that I, NEWTON G. Vostre', of Minneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnef sota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Cars, of which the following is a specificatiom f The object of my invention 1ste provide Y a car which can be divided transverselyv so the lcar may be char;-

that one' portion of tered by a private party while the tion is accessible lto the public. A' further object is to'provide a car which can receive and discharge, its passenger faster than a car as ordinarily constructe and which, in case of a wreck, will have convenient exits for the passengers. A further object is to provide an v`im? proved window construction and an 'im proved vent-ilatin system for the car.

Other ob'ects ci; the invention willappeai` from the i The invention consists generally in a'car having a transverse, centrally 'arranged vestibule and side entrances therefor, said vestibule dividing the car into independent compartments. I Further the invention consists in an im'f proved form of window and improved means for opening the window for ventilat ing purposes. i

Further'the invention consistsin interi lposing a ceiling between the roof and the side walls of the car.

Further the invent-ion consistsl in vertical partitions entirely separatingthe` comparte gielnts of the car Jfrom the transverse vest-il? Further the invention consists in provid'- ing an air space in the top of the carrfbef tween the ceiling and the roof.

Further the invention consistsin ,various constructions and combinations, all ashereinafter described and particularly-'pointed out in the claims. i

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specication, vFigure 1= is aV l'on gitudinal, sectional view through vthe upper portion of a car with mgf invention ap lie thereto, Fig. 2 is a 'si e elevation o `the same, Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, through the middle portion of the ear, showing the arrangement of the vestibule partitions, Fig. 4 is a similar view, show'ingthe position of the windows with respect to the side walls of the car, and the -ventilating openings in the ear ceiling and roof, Fig'.

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Ethe oar having a sideientrance Savone-end 'and also. provided Vwith armiddlefentrance 4 vleading t a."transverse"vestibule` which 'extends entirely across-1thelfeanl'divding' it -into two rooms :orfcomparhncnts 6-2and- 7. The 'vestibulehas\partitons' 8 i and 9 'provided with' Idoors i 10 "whichrseparate the vestibulefrom the car compartiments. One 'ofrthesez doors is .on oneside of 'the' longitudinall center Lofhe car "and the otheron the opposite side, theberths llvand the chairs l2' being; similarly arranged 'to balance the load in the'uar. The vestibule'lpar- .titions -extendfrom the'ffloor to the root` of :the :car andmform 'upright walls' separating one compartment. -fof`^-the car 1 fromi thelothe'r so that in Icase kof fire in one `compartnie'nt the. smokemnd gases will not enter the other compartment and lin case of av car 1-offsteel construction these partitions may be made vfire-proof sb that a fire in oneI compartment 2Srepresents'fthe lbody of sired, one compartment may be used as a smoker without 'any annoyance to the passengers in the other compartment.

" The.berthsfformthembject-matter of a companion .application `herewith and! need no detailed Ydescription'101'*illustrationat this ltime.

When theI doors IO-are" closed the-vestibule iwllh'be' entirely cut biffromeachend ofthe oar and one endof the car may'be chartered l for private use while thefother end may 'be und the-endvof the car" that Vis chartered may'be 'entered atflthe side and bel cut off V-from Ethe xrema-inderfof thecarl and 1allow "the occupants to' maintain the same degreef'of I rivacy asthey' could vif they had -the -entire cartd themselves. Thisf arrangement: adaptsi the-car partic- Iularly for smallfparties who'l'may wish' a desirable.

rangement may be made that is suitable or A. car constructed in this Way can receive and discharge its passengers in much quicker time than Where only the end entrances are provided and is case of Wreck of the train the vestibule and side entrances aiford additional means of escape for the passengers and frequently, if the car is 1ying on one side, the upper sideentrance ma i be the only means of escape except throug the windows, as frequently, in a case of this kind, the doors at the end will be blocked or jammed S0 that exit at that point is'prevented.

13 represents a ceiling extending lengthwise of the car under the roof, an air circulating chamber 14 being formed between the ceiling and the roof. This ceiling may have Ventilating openings 15 thereinat intervals and similar openings 16 may be formed in the upper portion of the roof. These openings may be screened in a suitable manner to revent the entrance of dust and cinders. The ceiling will, to a large extent, render the car cooler in summer, aided by the circulation of air through the chamber 14, and will also aid in maintaining a more uniform temperature in the car in cold weather.

In Figs. 5, 6 and 7 I have shown an improved construction of window for the car, consisting of an outer sash 17 that is vertically slidable in a sash pocket 18 formed in the side walls of the car, aprojecting ledge 19 being preferably provided at the bottom of the window and an overlianging shelf 20 at the top of the window. This shelf is designed to shed rain or snow and will also, to a certain extent., deiect dirt and cinders from the window. The outer sash is raised by means of pins 21 which fit into sockets 22 v in the side rails of the sash and are vertically slidable in slots 23 provided in the window casing 24, said pins having finger grips at their inner ends. The window frame is provided with sockets 25 to receive the outer ends of the pins 21 to lock the outer sash in its closed position, said pins being normally held in said sockets by springs 2G. The innerl sash 27 has side rails forr n two parts, 28 and 29, the inner sash be. ng vertically slidable in the pocket'18. (See Fig. 6). The inner side rails or stiles have top and bottom rails cooperating with those at the sides to support the glass 27 and the said top and bottom rails are adapted to swing on pivot-s 30 mounted in the top and bottom rails of the stiles 28, suitable means, not shown, being rovided for supporting the inner sash in its raised position. The movable portion vof the inner sash is adapted to swing on the pivot pins 30 a limited distance when the outer sash is closed, and may be swung to the position shown in Fig. 7

when the outer sash is raised. This raising ot'` the outer sash is accomplished by grasping the pins 21 to Withdraw them from the sockets 25 andthen lifting the outer sash into its pocket 18. The inner sash may then be raised into its pocket and the `movable portion thereofswung on its pivots to admit the desired amount of air, the sash serving as a detlector to direct the dust and cinders awa from the open window. A suit-able curtain 21 is mounted on the inner sash and is vertically slidable in guides 32 and may be moved with the entire sash up into the pocket 18.

I do not Wish to be confined in this application to the means shown for raising-and lowering the outer sash, as other devices may be employed for this purpose and in various other ways the details of construction of the window may be modified and still be within the scope of my invention. The width of the vestibule may also be varied, as well as the position of the doors in the partitions, and tlie position of the transverse vestibule in the car may be changed if it is desired to make one compartment larger than the other. Generally, however, the

transverse vestibule will be located in Athe middle of the car, as it will present a'better appearance on the outside. of the car it equally spaced` from the ends thereof.

I may divide the chamber 14 by transverse partitions between the ends of the car and the vestibule so that the air entering one end of a compartment will pass down into the car and circulate therein, andfrom thence up throught-he Ventilating openings in the ceiling into the space on the other side of the transverse partitions, and from thence out through the openings in the root of the car.

I claim as my invention 1. A railway car having a middle cn'- ti'ance on each side thereof and ya transverse vestibule extending across the car Yfrom side to side, said vestibule having partitions extending from side to sido, ot' the car and dividing its interior into independent compartments, said partitions having door openings therein and doors there-l.'- for upon .opposite sides of the longitudi" nal center liiie of the car, each compartment having an aisle running lengthwise thereof on opposite sides of the longitudinal center line of tliecar leading respectively to' the door openings in said vestibule, and seats provided in said compartments upon each side of the aisles therein.

2. A railway car having an end vestibule and entrances on each ,side'of the car lead-y ing to said vestibule and a door leading from said vestibule to the interior of the car, said car also having middle entrances on each side thereof and a transverse ves tibule extending across the car from side to side, said vestibule having partitions extending from the Hoor to the ceiling of the car and provided with door openings and doors therefor, said openings being in staggered relation with one another, one upon each side of the longitudinal center line of the car, said transverse vestibule dividing the interior of the car into independent compartments, each compartment. having an aisle on one side of the longitudinal center line of the car leading to the vestibule door on that side and seats provided in said compartments upon each side of the aisles therein.

3. A railway car having an end vestibule and entrances thereto and side entrances near the middle of the car and a transverse vestibule having partitions extending from side to side of the ear and dividing its interior into independent compartments, said partitions having door openings therein and doors therefor upon opposite sides of the longitudinalcenter line of the car, each compartment having an aisle running lengthwise thereof on opposite sides of the longitudinal center line of the car and leading to the door openings respectively in said vestibule, a series of single seats provided in said compartments on one side of the aisles therein, and a series of double seats provided in said compartments ou the opposite side of the aisles therein.

4. A railway car having a vestibule at onel end and an entrance on each side of the car communicating therewith, said vestibule having a door opening leading to the interior of the car, said car having a middle entrance on each side thereof and vertical partitions extending across the car from side to side and forming a continuous transverse vestibule dividing the interior of the car into independent compartments, said partitions having openings therein and doors therefor, each compartment having an aisle running lengthwise of the compartment at one side of the longitudinal center line of the car and leading to said vestibule openings, a series of seats arranged on one side of the car in one compartment and on the other side of the car in the other compartment, said seats being diagonally arranged with respect to the longitudinal center line of the car.

5. A railway car having a middle entrance on each side thereof, partition Walls extending across the car from side to' side and forming a transverse vestibule and dividing the interior of the car into independent compartments, a ceiling extending from end to end of the car and from side to side thereof and connecting with said partitions to separate one compartment from the other and from said vestibule, said partitions having doors therein on opposite sides of the longitudinal center line of the car. said compartments having aisles on opposite sides of the longitudinal center line of the car leading to said doors and seatsjn said compartments upon opposite sides of said aisles.

A railway car having an end entrance and a middle entrance on each side 'of the car and doors for each middle entrance, and a transverse vestibule extending entirely across the car from side to side, said vestibule hav ing a partition on each side thereof extending across the car from side to side and separat ing the vestibule from the end portions of the car and forming independent compartments in the ends of the car, said partitions having doors therein leading from said vestibule to said compartments, said doors being upon opposite sides of the longitudinal center line of the car and said compartments having aisles in line with the partition door openings and also upon opposite sides of t-helongitudinal center line of the car, and seats in said compartments.

ln witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 29 day of April 1911.

NEWTON G. VOSLER.

GENEvIEvE E. SORENSEN C. H. RnHrUss. 

